Fluid Attacks Database

Description

The pcre_compile function in pcre_compile.c in PCRE before 8.38 mishandles certain [: nesting, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression, as demonstrated by a JavaScript RegExp object encountered by Konqueror.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 12	pcre3	>=0 <2:8.38-1	2:8.38-1
debian 11	pcre3	>=0 <2:8.38-1	2:8.38-1
rpm rhel7	pcre	<0:8.32-15.el7_2.1	0:8.32-15.el7_2.1
rpm rhel7	glib2	-	-

Aliases

1. CVE-2015-83912. NVD-2015-83913. OSV-DEBIAN-2015-83914. OSV-2015-83915. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2015-8391

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